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==Transcript== {{Computertranscript}} :[Describe panel here] :Methods for going to space, with problems and solutions :Method :Problem :Solution :Rocket :Must lift heavy fuel, making launches very expensive. :Spend lots :Of money. :Mass driver :High speed encounter with atmosphere necessitates extremely tall structure. :New theme park ride. :Skyhook :Have to catch cable in space. :Magnets? :Rotating skywook :Have to catch rotating cable in space. :Embrace risk of awesome death. :Space elevator :No material strong enough to make it. :Remove half of earth's mass. Most of it not that great anyway. :Ballistic cannon :Acceleration would liquefy humans. :Put them back together later? :Space fountain :Enormous structure that collapses the moment you stop supplying it massive power. :If goes awry, make amusing :Comparison to :Financial sector. :High altitude balloon launch :No. We are not running an entire launch operation from a gigantic mega-bump. :But- :No. But- no! Come on pleeease no. :Caption: smbc - -comics.com
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